ब्रह्मलोकं तदा कृत्स्नं प्लावयित्वा जलं हि तत् । शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं कुन्देन्दुसदृशद्युति । मत्स्यकच्छपसंकीर्णं ग्राहयूथैः समाकुलम्
brahmalokaṃ tadā kṛtsnaṃ plāvayitvā jalaṃ hi tat | śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ kundendusadṛśadyuti | matsyakacchapasaṃkīrṇaṃ grāhayūthaiḥ samākulam
Nước ấy bấy giờ tràn ngập toàn cõi Brahmaloka. Nó trong sáng như pha lê tinh khiết, rạng ngời như hoa nhài và vầng trăng—đầy cá và rùa, lại chen chúc những đàn cá sấu.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha: Viṣṇupadī (Gaṅgā)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis/sages
Scene: A vast, luminous expanse of water floods Brahmaloka, sparkling like crystal; aquatic beings—fish, tortoises, and crocodile schools—move within the radiant flood.
Sacred waters are portrayed as cosmically vast and intrinsically purifying, worthy of reverence as a manifestation of divine order.
The passage is part of the glorification of Viṣṇupadī/gaṅgā-tīrtha (the sacred current later identified as Gaṅgā).
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it is a descriptive praise (māhātmya) of the holy water’s nature and radiance.
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